Entertained

  The entertainment district unit. A new unit in the Baltimore Police department. This unit is assigned to patrol and protect the Federal Hill area, select malls and businesses. The objective being to boost public confidence to go to those areas. Protecting the entire city equally is just an unreasonable thing to expect. The mayor has determined they should protect the "entertainment" sections first and foremost. This will increase tax revenue. Once the entertainment section of town is secure, patrols may extend to the less entertaining sections as well! 

  We all know we can't be profiling people when fighting crime. Everyone must be assumed as a possible suspect when it comes to that. But that issue was resolved a while back in Baltimore. A new Police commissioner, soon after assuming his duty, introduced a new plan; predictive policing. You don't look at certain groups or demographics, not profiling anyone. No, you just predict where the crime may take place based on past policing records. It doesn't target the offenders, just the possibility that a crime may take place in that area. Now it has been determined that most crime takes place where their is property, money and softer targets. Well at least the crimes that impact revenue that is, we'll be concerned with those just staying home, living their daily lives later on. That isn't hurting the cities coffers nearly as much as disrupting tourism or those wanting to eat out. 

  We shouldn't be building any walls, protecting the border from illegal entry, the mayor of Baltimore is adamant about that. But providing 24/7 armed police patrols around the "entertainment" district is a great idea. It's a virtual wall against crime! It's fine to protect your house but the neighbors have to fend for themselves. The governor of Maryland is currently engaged in a verbal battle with President Trump regarding the use of troops to protect the city. The governor is vehemently opposed to that idea! The city doesn't need that, there are protecting the entertainment district, ensuring the quality of life for those just wanting to have a good time. Federal Hill will be protected! The other neighborhoods will just have to make do as best they can with whatever police officers the city provides. The prediction being, criminals strike where they predict the money is. Imagine that. Still, no profiling allowed, just predicting. 

  So it appears to me that the area known in Baltimore as Federal Hill is receiving special focus and consideration. They have been given an entire unit dedicated to their protection. This is even being highlighted as a plus. The message seems clear enough to me, that area of the city is far more important than any other. That's where the "good" folks live, work and play. Those that vote for and support the city leadership. We can't have those folks being disturbed. We are not concerned with criminal activity elsewhere, we need to concentrate our force on Federal Hill.

  The mayor of Baltimore, in an interview when asked about the positive results the national guard has had on the crime in DC, had this to say. We don't know how many of those arrested where violent criminals! How many where just people going about their jobs, delivery people or whatever. What he didn't say was, everyone of those people arrested had committed a crime, that's why they were arrested. But when you policing policy is to only arrest "selected" criminals that's how you put that. In Baltimore you can break some laws, in some areas, and that's ok. As long as the crime isn't that bad. Hey, we can't be expected to enforce every single law now can we? Of course not, but we will protect the entertainment at all costs. 

  The entertainment district unit. I wonder what college graduate came up with that woke nonsense. It's the area in the city with the highest rate of crime! There is nothing entertaining about about! On the local news they have taken to calling them the "entertainment" police. When I first heard that I thought, why do we have cops entertaining people? I wondered if they dressed as clowns or something. The entertainment unit, that's how they are spoken of. If I hadn't explained their function what would you have thought? It is a less intimidating title isn't it. And isn't that the reason for choosing that name? Just change the name and you change the general perception. The Democrats have gotten that down to a science! Sometimes it is just a matter of pronouns and at others verbs. The action word here being, entertainment. And who wouldn't want to be entertained? Let's all head down to the district. It's safe there.